Flibanserin or Addyi, a female libido-enhancing drug created by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, has been approved by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee:
It was rejected by the FDA twice for lack of effectiveness and side effects like nausea, dizziness and fainting. Women taking the drug reported between half and one more sexually satisfying event per month - results experts admitted were "modest". Originally the drug was produced by German company Boehringer Ingelheim. Sprout bought the drug from that company after it was turned down by the FDA.
Documents from the 4 June FDA advisory meeting describe the drug's purpose of "treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women". Women would take it each night. A doctor would have to determine whether a woman seeking the pill was suffering from a disorder characterised by a lack of sexual fantasies and desire, causing the woman distress. Currently, there is nothing on the US market approved for treatment of HSDD or another condition, female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD). "This condition is clearly an area of unmet medical need," the FDA documents said.
Reuters adds that the FDA will require a warning over "potentially dangerous low blood pressure and fainting when taken with alcohol."
Previously: Female Libido Pill Considered by FDA Advisers
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:44PM
Only straight females need a libido enhancer. It's entirely men's fault for being so unappealing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:48PM
It depends... Most guys just don't know what to do with it. Think "multitasking" and you'll "get er done"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:53PM
"If you're bored during sex, you have to tell me!" [smbc-comics.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @05:00PM
It's even funnier if you imagine that the girl was getting Eiffel Towered and the two guys were playing tic-tac tow on her back.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:56PM
I know that lesbian "bed death" is overblown but that doesn't mean that all women will have identical sex drives either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_sexual_practices#Research [wikipedia.org]